Device for applying preformed sinkers to fishlines



Jan 13, 1959 E. J. czELUsNlAK Erm. 2,867,809

DEVICE FOR APPLYING PREFORMED SINKERS To FISHLINES Filed oct. s, 1957 FlGuRE 5 INVENTOR.

BY Waff@ FIGURE 6 ,seisa DEVICE FOR' APPLYING PREFORMED SINKER'S To FISHLINES Edniiind Czelusxiialr, astliampton, and Frederick kR. Belliveau, Chicopee Falls, Mass.

Application october" 3, 1957, serial N0.` 688,069 2 claims.' (C1. 1-18'1)l This invention 'is directed to new'and' useful improvements in a shermans device and is directed more partclarlyv to improvements' in devices for applying preformed sinlcers to tishlines.

The principal object of the invention rris 'directed to the provision of a manually operable device for holding a stack of separate preformed crimp'able sinkers which incorporates means for crimping successive endmost sinkers ofthe stack to a VAfishline or lines.

According to novelfeatures of the invention, the device isprovided with `a guideway for a stack of separate crimpabl'e sinkers which are preformed withline receiving grooves, inrcornbination with a crimper element for acting on an endmost sinker of the stack so as to crimp the same'about a line in afgoove thereof, together with a' means for urging the stack of sinkers toward an outlet or discharge end of the guideway yfrom which the crimped sinker may bewithdrawn.

As one feature of the invention, thecrimper of the device has an Vend portion for acting on, in a crimping manner, an endino'st `sinlcer of a stack so as to crimp Same onto a line, andit has an adjacent end portion adapted to permit withdrawal of a crimped sinker which is arranged to be engaged by an uncrimped sinkenadjacent thereto, andtofunction asa stop'for the Vstack of sinkers.

As another feature of ythe invention, operating means is provided for reciprocating the cri'mper 'element into crimpingy and stop positions Vof its crimping and stop portions in combination with a means for moving the crimper to noni-crimpingl position, Tand'v a manually engageable ineans for the operating 'means sente or the advantages- 'f the ini/enden reside in its lsimplicityiof'construction, in its eicientand dependable operation', and inl its` adaptability to 'economical manufacture. These tog'etl'ier with other objects and' advantages Hof orinventionfwhich siib'seqientl'y ywill become vapparent as th`e desc`ription preceedsreside in the details of construction andoperatiensV as inorehfully hereinafter 'described and claimed and the features of novelty which characterize the invention will"bep'ointed ont with "pan ticul'arity in claims 'anieiiedto and forming part of thissp'cincatio. j

fIo the accomplishment of the foregoing' and related ends, said' ifntienthe eoniprises the features hereinafter fully described and patieiilarly pointed `out inthe claims, thefollowing deiseription and the annexed drawing setting-forth in detail certain'illustrativeembodiments of the invention, these being indicative, however, ofbut a few of the various ways inl which the principle of the invention may be employed. Y d

Inkthe accompany drawing forming a part hereof we naveiuffted a `c6mp1eteexam151eff a pnysivi embodiment of theA invention in' which the parts"a'r'e "combined and arranged in accordance with one mode which we have devised for the practical application of the Patented Jan. 13, 1959 principles" of the invention. It will 'be understood ho'vvL ever that changes and alterations are contemplated and may Y be made in these exemplifying drawings and mechanical` structures, within the scope of the claims,

without departing from the principles of the invention.

In the said drawing:

Fig. l is a plan view of a` device for applying sinkers to lines and embodying the novel features of theinvention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of thedevice shown in Eig. 1.

Fig.v 3 is a plan view ofthe device shown' in'Fig. 1 with the cover plate removed.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal lsectional device on the line 4-4 of Fig. `3. -Y

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view Aofthe endpoition of the crimp'e'r of the device. IFig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of aplurality of sinkers; and

Fig. 7 isa perspective view of the retainer of the invention. u

In ythe following description and claims, various details will be identified by specific names for convenience. These names however are intended to be .as generic lin their application as vthe art will permit.

Referring now to the drawing forming a part of this .specification more in detail, in which Vsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, andreferring more particularly to vthe preferred forni'of your invention selectedfor illustrative purposes, l have shown a combination of elements in order that' the general relation and utility of the device may be better understood.

A holder 2 isprovided which will be formed from suitable metal to have a body 2 with an upper coveror sidel plate 4 secured to the upper face thereof by rivets, screws 'or the like, indicated by 8.

y Said body 2' along the upper side thereof has allon'gitudirial guideway 10 for a stack vof 'separate sinkers, indicated by S. Said sinkers 'are preformed from lead or other ysuitable material, and have line receiving' grooves S' in aside 'theieof The grooves of the sinkersare upper- "ice view through 'the Vmoist and extend longitudinally of the stack and guideway, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The body'2 is provided with a'nenclosed recess or depression'12. A crimper element 14 is recipro'c'able along an end 12 of said recess between a non-crimping, vand 'a 'sinler crimping fp os on. The crimper 14 fis shown in norf'c'ri'rnping positionfinFi-g. 3. A

The lcrirri'per r4 lia'spn' its Vouter"end a stop' portie-1116 which entends forwardly relative to a 'c'rim'p'ing portion 18 adjacent thereto, and the outer forward face of the stopl pertion 1 6 i's angla'rl'y disposed, as shownin Fig. 5.

With the crimper 14 VVin the position shown 'in Fig. 3, the step parti-'n 'is'extends' into' thefguidevvay fand-facts as a stop for lthe endmost sinker of the stack.

vWith a line L'fpass'in'g through the 'grooveSi of the endr'no'st sinke'r S,`th`e crirri'per 1*'4 is moved outwardly. The crimping portion le'pre'sse's en "and criiiips the vnear side of the s aidsinke'r y'tov'walrd's th'eouterside thereof, to close the groove'aroin'd the lin'e`L,"in"s`uch a manner that the near side ofthe s inker is 'so formed that' it may lpafss Vby the/'angular faeof the'stop portion 1'6ofthe`erimper.

The ven'dm'ost' siiilr 'r'riayfb'e withdrawn outwardly" from the guideway, and the` nekt sinker of'thestack abuis `the "side" o-f the"crimping"`portion of thecrimper.

18 in Fig. 6.

A retainer 22 having a flat outer side face 24 is provided with la shank 26. Said shank is formed with an annular groove 28, and with a at face in the plane `of the bottom of the groove 28. A pin or detent 32 is fixed in thev plate which is receivable in the groove 28 of the retainer shank.

The retainer 22 is inserted ina suitable hole, provided in the end of the body, by passing the iiat 30 of the shank lbeneath the inner end of the pin 32. By turning the retainer the pin 32 is received in the groove 28 of the yshank whereby the retainer is held against axial displacement from the hole, thereby the spring is under way, and is in parallelism therewith. Said slot facili` tates locating a line, represented by L, in the groove of the endmost sinker for crimping said sinker onto the line, see Figs. 4 and 6. The plate 4 at opposite sides of the slot 34 is arranged to overlie opposite sides of the sinkers outwardly of the grooves therein.

An elongated lever 35 in the recess 12 of the body 2' is pivoted at 38 to the body intermediate its ends for` swinging in opposite directions. One end of said lever is disposed in a notch 39 provided in a side of the crimper, as shown in Fig. 3. n v t An operating member is formed with elongated side arms 40 which are slidably guided in suitable manner on opposite sides of the holder, and have outer adjacent ends connected by a manually engageable portion 42.

The arms 40 are connected as by a pin 44, extending through an opening 46 in the body 2 to yan opening 48 in the opposite end of the lever 35.

A spring 50 is interposed between the lever 35 and a side of the recess 12, and urges said lever in clockwisev direction .so that the crimper is yiel'dingly held in noncrimping position, shown in Fig. 1.

1 In operation the manually engageable member 42 isi pressed upon so that the Ylever 35 is moved against the action of spring 46 thereby to move the crimper to crimping position, and crimp a line in the groove of the endmost sinker of the stack thereof. When released the lever is swung by the spring to non-crimping position of the crimper.

1 It .will be noted that an elongated guideway is provided for a plurality of separate preformed sinkers which are providedwith line receiving grooves, and that endmost sinkers may Vbe successively crimped about a line or lines. v v

l The body 2' at one corner thereof is cut away at 52 for a ring 54 encircling a rivet 8. Said ring will be convenient for suspending the device from a support, belt or the like. Y

From the foregoing, the construction and `operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the'exact construction shown and described. While we have illustrated and described the invention as embodied in certain specific arrangements, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the object of the invention may be 'attained by use of constructions different in certain respects from those discl'osed'without departing from the underlying principles of the invention.

We do not intend to be limited to the details shown since various suitable modifications and variations in structural changes may be made without departingVV in any way from the spirit of the invention. We therefore desire by the following claims to include within the scope of our invention all such suitable variations, modiiications and equivalents by which'substantially the results of our invention may be obtained through the use of substantially the same or equivalent means.

Without further analysis,.the foregoing is intended to so fully reveal the gist of our invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt itfor ,various applications without omitting features which,

from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention, and therefore, such'adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalence of the claims below.

What it is desired to ,claim `andjsecurre by Letters l. A device for holding; a. stackyof preformedv lead .sinkers having line receiving ygrooves therein longitudinally of said stackyand for crimping the endmost sinker of the stack thereof onto a fishline in the groove thereof f comprising, an elongated holder having a longitudinal guideway along a side thereof for a stack of n separate preformed sinkers having line receiving grooves upper- .most thereof along said stack, said guideway having a forward outlet end, a spring in the rear portion of said guideway for urging a stack of 4sinkers therein forwardly towards said outlet end, a ,member releasably connected Ato said holder at a rear end of said guideway for abutting vsaid spring and being removable for insertion of sinkers and said spring in said-guideway, an upper portion of said holder adjacent. the outlet of the guideway having a sl'ot therethrough intothe guideway for insertion of a line into thegroove of the'endmost sinker of a stack thereof in said guideway, portions of said holder at opposite sides of said, slotarranged to overlie opposite upper sides of sinkers in said guideway, said holder provided with a closed recess,r having an end wall disposed trans- ,verselykrelative to and adjacent the outlet end of said `guideway and a sidevwall, a crirriperkreciprocable along said end wall between outercrimping and inner non-- crimping positions having la crimping portion` and a stop portion at the outer end thereof adjacent the outlet end of the guideway, said holder having a passageway between said recess and guideway for the outer end of said crimper, said crimping portion being formed in crimping position of the crimper to engage4 and press on a side portion of an endmost sinker toclrimp the same on a line in the groove thereof, said .stop ,portion adapted to permit the withdrawal of a crimped sinker from the guideway thereunder and arranged as 'a stop .for the sinker of the stack adjacent said crimped sinker, an elongated lever pivoted intermediate its ends in said `recess for swingingmovements and having one end in operable engagement with said crimper to reciprocate said crimper in crimping and non-crimping directions, a manually engageable operating member reciprocably guided on to said holder for movements transversely thereof, and operative connecting means between said member and opposite end of said lever. i

2. A device set forthin claim l wherein saidl manually engageable operatingrmember includes yrelatively spaced elongated arm members and-grooves provided on upper and lower sidesV of the body in which said armf members are slidable.

References cited in the ele of this patent l. UNITED STATES vPlfrnNrs Belokin Feb; 28,' 1956 Keep Apr. 30, 1957 

